Chapter 827

The heavens and earth seemed to change color suddenly, and pitch-black energy shot straight into the clouds. Ancient power awakened deep within the earth's crust, and a giant palm broke through the soil.

The ground split open with a huge fissure, and a behemoth slowly rose from underground. With skin like bronze, every muscle looked like metal forged a thousand times; the giant's body swayed as if it were still sleeping.

The giant, whose size seemed to block out the sky, cast an infinite shadow over this field, and every step seemed to make the earth tremble. It slowly opened its eyes, golden pupils reflecting the entire dueling arena.

Sleeping Giant Thud, summoned!

"He re-re-really summoned it!"

Long Ya was incoherent.

The honor student was also too shocked to speak for a long while, only murmuring after a long time: "Thud, the real Thud..."

It wasn't a rare card; it was a monster known to everyone in this dimension and this era. Almost everyone had seen its appearance, but mostly not on a regular dueling field, but only through the 3D projection system to see the summoning effects and animation.

Almost no one hadn't fantasized about being able to truly summon this monster in a duel and slaughtering the opposition.

Of course, everyone who had fantasized about it also clearly knew how unrealistic such a fantasy was.

It was too hard!

Thud was recognized as something almost impossible to summon. Although its power made many people feel that a successful summoning was equivalent to winning the duel itself, the design mechanism of this thing was so heaven-defying that it was almost as if it didn't want to be summoned at all.

A Level 1 Normal Monster, counting by one's own turns, had to remain on the field for ten turns; counting by both players' turns, it had to exist on the field for twenty turns. Even if it allowed the use of a Level 1 Effect Monster, the difficulty would be much lower.

Aren't Level 1 Normal Monsters the trashiest of the trash?

This was also why the summoning of Thud itself was regarded as a recognized miracle in the dueling world.

And now, this miracle was displayed without reservation in this enclosed arena, in front of these two children. And it wasn't just a successful summoning, but one achieved within this short single turn.

Summoning Sleeping Giant Thud in one turn—if someone had said this in front of them before, even if they were just low-grade Duel Academy students, they would have definitely been convinced that the guy was crazy.

But now...

They began to suspect that they were the ones who were crazy.

【Sleeping Giant Thud, ATK?】

"Battle," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Sleeping Giant Thud, attack 'Power Tool Dragon'."

As Fujiki You Xuan gave the order, the black giant had already swung its fist.

The moment the pitch-black fist swung out, time and space seemed to freeze. A shockwave erupted from the fist, and wherever it passed, the ground was plowed into a trench several meters deep.

"The ATK is a question mark... Ahhh, what was Thud's effect again? I think I've seen it but can't remember..." Long Ya, the poor student, clutched his head.

At this moment, Long Ya was indeed becoming more and more like Yugi—a pure, poor-student-type duelist. He didn't like to use his brain for studying or dueling; he would just pick up his Deck and go, and whether he could win or not depended entirely on the Deck's free play.

The honor student reminded him: "When Sleeping Giant Thud battles, its ATK always becomes the opponent's monster's ATK + 1000 points!"

Long Ya slapped his forehead: "Ah! I remember now..."

【Power Tool Dragon, ATK 2700】

【Sleeping Giant Thud, ATK? → ATK 3700】

Last turn, Power Tool Dragon gained the boost from "Double Tool C&D," increasing its ATK by 1000 points, but the effect of this Equip Spell card is different during one's own turn and the opponent's turn.

The equipped monster only gains 1000 ATK during its own turn. So now Power Tool Dragon only had the 400 ATK boost from the Equip Spell "Blast-Fire," and its current ATK was 2700.

Thud's punch hammered into Power Tool Dragon, shattering the chainsaw and drill in its hands. Power Tool Dragon's whole body was crushed and deformed, parts flew everywhere with crackling sounds, and its mechanical body exploded under the unbearable pressure.

Long Ya: "Wuaaaah!"

【Long Ya, LP 3000 → LP 2000】

"This is the power of Thud..."

Fujiki You Xuan raised his hand: "It's not over yet. There's also a direct attack from 'Treasure Xiong Mao'."

The tiny Xiong Mao also rushed out, its round body jumping into mid-air, doing a somersault, and kicking Long Ya squarely in his little head.

【Treasure Xiong Mao, ATK 1100】

Long Ya was kicked dizzy by this flying kick and sat down on the ground again.

【Long Ya, LP 2000 → LP 900】

Fujiki You Xuan: "Turn end."

"Damn it... You actually summoned Thud, and in one turn... Mister, who exactly are you?"

Long Ya rubbed his little butt and looked at Fujiki You Xuan in shock.

"This is... this is too amazing..."

"It's nothing; as long as you believe, the power of the cards will respond to you," Fujiki You Xuan put on a serious face. "As I said, the world of dueling has infinite possibilities; there is nothing that cannot be done."

"Oh oh oh..."

Long Ya indeed showed a worshipful face.

As expected of a duelist familiar with the King...

No, wait, he had seen all of the King's duels. This Mister felt even more amazing than the King!

"The duel is still continuing," Fujiki You Xuan reminded with a smile.

"Oh, right..." Long Ya shook his little head. "The ATK will always be 1000 higher than the opponent's monster, so no matter what monster is summoned, it's useless..."

"Right, in that case, we can only find a way to use card effects..."

The honor student next to him covered his face: "Long Ya, do you really remember nothing? Spells, Traps, monster effects—none of them work on Thud..."

"Nani!?"

Long Ya was stunned.

"Doesn't that mean he's truly invincible?"

"Calm down, Long Ya, you still have a chance," the honor student comforted him. "Even if Thud is unbeatable, look at the opponent's Deck... he's almost out of cards to draw!"

Long Ya was stunned, looking at the opponent's remaining Deck.

He finally realized.

"Right! To summon Thud, his Deck is almost empty. That means I don't have to beat him at all; I just need to consolidate my defense and wait until he runs out of cards..."

"Right!" the honor student said. "That's when you win!"

"Good!"

Fighting spirit reignited in Long Ya's eyes.

"Then, my turn, draw!"

He quickly scanned the cards in his hand and soon had a plan in mind.

Right, using this guy's card is just perfect!

"I summon 'Morphtronic Magnen U' in Defense Position!"

【Morphtronic Magnen U, DEF 800】

"Then, the effect of the Trap card 'Morphtronic Impact Return' in my Graveyard, which was discarded by your 'Hand Destruction' last turn!"

"By banishing this card from the Graveyard, I can Special Summon one 'Morphtronic' monster from my Graveyard in Defense Position."

"The one I'm reviving from the Graveyard is this one—"

"—the second 'Morphtronic Magnen U'!"

【Morphtronic Magnen U, DEF 800】

"The monster effect of Morphtronic Magnen U while in Defense Position is: as long as this card is face-up on the field, the opponent cannot choose other monsters as attack targets!"

"And now I have two Magnen Us on my field!"

Long Ya smiled until his eyes turned into crescents, pointing proudly at the Magnen on the left.

"If you want to attack the Magnen on the right, the one on the left will disagree, saying 'No, no, you can only attack me!'"

Then he pointed to the Magnen on the right.

"Attack the Magnen on the left, and the one on the right will disagree, saying 'You can only attack me!' In other words..."

The honor student slapped his own palm: "I see, in that case, neither can be attacked! Amazing, Long Ya, you always have unique ideas at critical moments!"

"Ahaha, not at all, not at all..."

Long Ya was proud.

"My turn is over!"

Good, just as his classmate said, if it goes on like this, even Thud cannot attack and can only waste turns. And the opponent's Deck can no longer keep up with him...

"My turn, draw."

Fujiki You Xuan played a card expressionlessly.

"Spell card 'Mask of Testament' activated."

"This card can return from my hand to my Deck and be shuffled."

Fujiki You Xuan inserted the revealed card back into the Deck, and it was automatically shuffled.

The smiles of Long Ya and the honor student froze at the same time.

Huh?

Wait a minute...

This Spell card can actively return to the Deck and be shuffled.

So it means that even if there is only this last card left in the opponent's Deck, he draws it every turn, activates it, and then it returns to the Deck.

Hmm...

Silence for a few seconds.

Then Long Ya suddenly bristled.

"Doesn't that mean his Deck will never run out!?"

At this rate, the opponent could keep wasting time with him until the end of time; even if Long Ya's Deck ran out, the opponent's wouldn't.

The honor student was also helpless: "Ah, this... who would bring a card like this in a serious duel..."

But he turned to look at Fujiki You Xuan even more shocked.

"But this also means that this Mister even considered the fact that the Deck would run out of cards at the end..."

So amazing!

"Well, although I can keep drawing, the game is about over here. I had a lot of fun."

Fujiki You Xuan chuckled and said.

"After 'Hand Destruction' was activated, I discarded my entire hand at the end of the previous turn. This card was among them."

"The effect of 'A/D Changer.' By banishing 'A/D Changer' from the Graveyard, I can change the battle position of one monster on the field."

"I change 'Morphtronic Magnen U' from Defense Position to Attack Position."

One of the Magnens on Long Ya's field disobeyed and transformed into robot form, standing up.

【Morphtronic Magnen U, ATK 800】

Long Ya: "Ah! My Magnen..."

He clutched his head with both hands.

"Ahhh, what to do? In that case, my attack lock is gone!"

Magnen U's effect is only "the opponent cannot choose other monsters as attack targets" while in Defense Position; its effect in Attack Position is that Magnen U itself can only choose the monster with the highest ATK on the opponent's field as an attack target.

"Battle. Treasure Xiong Mao, attack the remaining Magnen U in Defense Position," Fujiki You Xuan said.

Treasure Xiong Mao's flying claw struck, easily destroying the remaining Magnen with only 800 DEF.

"Then Sleeping Giant Thud," Fujiki You Xuan said. "Attack the 'Morphtronic Magnen U' in Attack Position."

【Sleeping Giant Thud, ATK? → ATK 1800】

Thud threw another punch. The tiny Magnen was instantly shattered under that pitch-black iron fist, and the erupting air wave rushed straight toward Long Ya.

"Wuaaaah!"

【Long Ya, LP 900 → LP 0】

(End of Chapter)